Former journalist and writer, Michael Brissenden discussed his latest novel, ‘Dust’ with me on the show.

Topics included:

- How Dust came to be - its real-world, real location inspiration.

- Communities turning on one another during a crisis - how the finger-pointing/blame-shifting can happen so quickly and how factions can form so easily.

- The role media and media coverage plays, even in small, local community issues and what lasting, widespread impact it can have.

- Forms of self-radicalisation and how they are shown in the novel.

- And a ton more!

Thanks be to Michael for discussing Dust with me on the show!